Undoubtedly, education is the only source of development, growth, ascent, skill and it is also the source of awakening of human thinking and conscious. Education leads human beings to the virtuous path having pulled out them from the deviation ways of darkness but regrettably majority of people are unfamiliar with the basic meaning and purpose […]
Student politics is deeply rooted in the Pakistani education system but it has become synonymous with violence, aggression and bloodshed instead of being constructive. Political parties and students claim a violation of their basic rights if the authorities do not allow politics within premises of institutions. When authorities allow them to do so they clash […]
Oct 27 2012 | Posted in
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The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with American Voices, announced today that the Birmingham, Alabama-based Acoustic Rock/Americana group Act of Congress will tour Asia this fall as part of the American Music Abroad series. Act of Congress will tour Thailand (September 2-10), the Philippines (Sept. 11-17), Palau (Sept. […]
Aug 30 2012 | Posted in
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In the last episode of the five-part series, I will briefly describe the luminous minds of the earth including William James Sidis and Arfa Kareem Randhawa. William James Sidis (USA) Sidis is an American child prodigy, having extraordinary linguistic and mathematical abilities. Some consider him the smartest man who ever lived, with an estimated IQ […]
Aug 22 2012 | Posted in
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In the second last installment of the five-part series, I will briefly discuss the brilliant minds of Aelita Andre and Kishan Shrikanth. Aelita Andre (Australia) The little beauty was exhibiting her paintings in famous art houses in Australia when most children at the age are not even potty trained. She was an incredible child prodigy […]
Aug 22 2012 | Posted in
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In the third part of the five-part article about child prodigies, I will put a light on the personalities of Fabiano Luigi Caruana, Michael Kearney and Cleopatra Stratham. Fabiano Luigi Caruana Caruana is a Grand Master Chess who achieved this honor only at the age of 15. He is the youngest Grandmaster in the history […]
Aug 22 2012 | Posted in
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In the second installment of the five-part series, I will briefly discuss the brilliant minds of the world including Akrit Jaswal and Gregory Smith. Akrit Jaswal (India) This kid has been called the world’s smartest boy and its answer is quite easy. Having 146 IQ level, he is considered smartest person in India, a country […]
Aug 22 2012 | Posted in
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The famous saying that the child is the father of the man goes true for all the child prodigies in the world. Childhood, ah it’s a magical time when one is still allowed to be a non-productive drain on society and not feel guilty about it. However, some children were more focused on things like […]
Aug 22 2012 | Posted in
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The latest stance of the Punjab government on the medium of instruction is an instance of yet another ill-planned attempt to bring about broad based reforms in the education sector. Without considering that such reforms need proper strategies, they started working abruptly. There is no doubt that only trained and distinctive educationists can make strategies […]
ISTANBUL, 4 August 2012: The Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Urdu Language and Literature, organized a two days International Seminar on “Asian Writers and Literature in the West,” here from 1-2 August 2012. Dr. Rizwanur Rahman, Dr. Akhtar Husain (India), Mr. Tasleem Ilahi Zulfi (Pakistani Canadian), Dr. Ziyad Alwarashdeh (Jordan), Dr. Rahman Moshtagh […]
Aug 6 2012 | Posted in
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SDPI and IDRC Canada award scholarships to South Asian students for higher studies in social sciences ISLAMABAD: (01 August 2012) Eight young and aspiring students from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have been awarded scholarship grants by Sustainable Development Policy Institute and International Development Research Centre Canada to pursue Masters, MPhil […]
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs will host “Around the World in an Afternoon,” the second annual cultural and academic festival featuring Study of the U.S. Institutes participants. The Institutes bring scholars and student leaders from around the globe to the United States for five to six week intensive academic […]
Jul 24 2012 | Posted in
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